Eicher Engineering Components’ new plant at Dewas in Madhya Pradesh was recently inaugurated by Mr. Peter Karlsten, President & CEO, Volvo Powertrain Corporation, at a formal ceremony attended by senior officials of Volvo Powertrain as well as by Mr. Siddhartha Lal, MD & CEO, VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd., and Mr. Pradeep Kapse, CEO, Eicher Engineering Components.
In his inaugural speech, Mr. Peter Karlsten appreciated the facility and expressed confidence in developing this unit as a good business partner of Volvo Powertrain Corporation.
The Dewas plant of Eicher Engineering was acquired by VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. (VECV) on November 1, 2006. Since then, VECV has invested more than Rs. 50 crores in the plant’s expansion and technology upgradation. Today, the plant has the TS-16949 Quality Certification.
The plant is equipped with latest technology machines like CNC hobbing, shaping, heat treatment, furnace, out-diameter and inner-diameter grinding. It has a capacity to make one lakh gears a month. The plant also has crown wheel pinion manufacturing capabilities with world class heat treatment facilities.
In his inaugural speech, Mr. Peter Karlsten appreciated the facility and expressed confidence in developing this unit as a good business partner of Volvo Powertrain Corporation.
The Dewas plant of Eicher Engineering was acquired by VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. (VECV) on November 1, 2006. Since then, VECV has invested more than Rs. 50 crores in the plant’s expansion and technology upgradation. Today, the plant has the TS-16949 Quality Certification.The plant is equipped with latest technology machines like CNC hobbing, shaping, heat treatment, furnace, out-diameter and inner-diameter grinding. It has a capacity to make one lakh gears a month. The plant also has crown wheel pinion manufacturing capabilities with world class heat treatment facilities.
The plant fully meets VECV’s captive consumption and also supplies to various OEMs in India and the US.
